Image via Wikipedia It used to be that science had some dignity and commanded some respect. It was, after all, SCIENCE! But like everything else in this age, things seem to be unraveling in the world of science. It is no longer sacrosanct. Earlier this year, we learned that environmental “scientists” were cooking the books [...]
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Discovery Of Gliese 581g Giving Science A Bad Name
By Lee on Thursday, September 30th, 2010 | No Comments
Freedom != Equality
By Lee on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 | No Comments
Robert Ringer wrote an excellent reflection on freedom, which, in part, says: Also, throughout recorded history, utopian thinkers have confused freedom with equality. But nothing could be more incorrect. No matter what one’s moral desires, nature has made freedom and equality totally incompatible. “Freedom and equality,” wrote Will and Ariel Durant, “are sworn and everlasting [...]
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